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Vision and Verticality : A Multidisciplinary Approach
| Vision and Verticality : A Multidisciplinary Approach |
| Autore | Bratchford Gary |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ZuevDennis |
| Collana | Social Visualities Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-39884-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction: Vision & -- Verticality-A More Visual Sociology of the Sky -- Droneviewing and Visual Environments -- Tourist Droneviewing -- Vertical Eyesores: The Case of Scaffolding and Aerial Cableways in Urban Environments -- Towards a More Visual Sociology… -- References -- Part I: Experimental and Experiential Approaches to Volume and Atmospheres -- 2: Open-Weather Feminist Handbook: A Preamble -- References -- 3: Of Carnal Gravity: A Three-Voice Conversation -- 4: Seeing in Verticality: From 'Vertical Gaze' to 'Figuring Out' -- Introduction: On the Arrogance of the Vertical Gaze -- The Constitution of Urban Perception -- The Promise of Seamlessness -- The Cognitive Mapping of Urban Navigation -- New Potentials for 'Figuring Out' the Environment -- References -- 5: Vertical Visualities, Experiences and Inequalities: A Conversation with Stephen Graham -- Vertical Viewing -- Manufacturing Air and Urban Air Crisis -- Final Thoughts -- Part II: Sensing, Seeing, and Monitoring from Above -- 6: Repositioning Drone Sensing in Landscape Urbanism and Planning -- Introduction -- Twinning Reality -- Aerial Mobility -- Shaping Aerial Futures -- Knowledges, Volumes, Futures: Discussion -- Knowledges -- Volumes -- Futures -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Vocabularies of Drone Sensing -- Introduction -- Seeing-Sensing Drone Volumes -- Drone Sensing Nuclear Volumes -- More than Human Agencies -- Vocabularies of (Drone Sensing) Volume -- Conclusions -- References -- 8: Viewing from Where? Satellite Imaging and the Politics of Space Technology: Unpacking Depravity's Rainbow -- References -- 9: The Algorithmic Apparatus of Neocolonialism: Counter-Operational Practices and the Future of Aerial Surveillance -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V.
Part III: Assembling and Representing: Artistic Perspectives on Volume, Vertigo, and Falling -- 10: Wassily Kandinsky and the Aerial Gaze: Questioning the Punctual, Linear and Planar Forces Inherent in the Politics of Visibility Conveyed by Police Drones -- Introduction -- Towards a Relational and Relativist Understanding of Points, Lines and Planes -- Points, Lines and Planes in Existing Social-Scientific Literatures -- Points, Lines and Planes in Abstract Painting -- Punctual Linear and Planar Forces Inherent in the Drone Gaze -- Punctual Logics of Vision -- Linear Logics of Vision -- Planar Logics of Vision -- Flexible and Interacting Spatial Logics of Vision -- Conclusion: Thinking Beyond Points, Lines and Planes -- References -- 11: After Falling Away: Reflections on a Vertiginous Art Exhibition -- References -- 12: Towards a Typology of Imaginary Skyscrapers -- Post-Modern Falling Dreams -- Devotion to Emptiness -- The Humanization of Lost Individuality -- The Ultimate Invasion of Urbanity by Nature -- Fictional Reality -- Visionary City -- Conquering Individual Spaces to Outdated Futuristic Structures -- 13: Higher Returns -- References -- Part IV: Mapping Cultural Landscapes, Vertically -- 14: Epistemology of the 'Laje': Notes from Favela Rooftops -- Opening the Closet, Climbing (on)to the Laje -- The Laje and Its Forms of Mobility -- The Laje as Non-expert Design -- Not to Conclude -- References -- 15: Rio's "Natural Born Monument": Visual Imaginaries of The Sugarloaf Mountain -- Step 1: "Seeing the View" -- Step 2: "Selling the View" -- Step 3: "Virtualizing the View" -- Final Step on Visual Culture: Beyond (Post-)photography? -- References -- 16: Elemental Monsters: Aeolian Politics and the Protests Against Renewable Energy in Tinos, Greece -- References. 17: Revitalization and Touristification: The Vertical Cultural Landscape of Dacha Community in Siberia -- Introduction -- Dacha as Vernacular Heritage -- Touristifying and Normalizing Dacha: Polden-Park Project -- Disciplining Verticality -- Summary -- References -- Index. |
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Bratchford Gary
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Vision, Technology, and Subjectivity in Mexican Cyberpunk Literature
| Vision, Technology, and Subjectivity in Mexican Cyberpunk Literature |
| Autore | Tobin Stephen C |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 pages) |
| Disciplina | 863.0876209972 |
| Collana | Studies in Global Science Fiction Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-31156-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910734846803321 |
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Tobin Stephen C
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A Visual Atlas for Soil Micromorphologists [[electronic resource]]
| A Visual Atlas for Soil Micromorphologists [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Verrecchia Eric P |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TrombinoLuca |
| Soggetto topico |
Soil science, sedimentology
Geological surface processes (geomorphology) Mineralogy & gems |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Soil micromorphology
Soil fragments Fabric Microstructures Pedogenic features Biominerals Open access |
| ISBN | 3-030-67806-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the Atlas -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Observation of Soils: From the Field to the Microscope -- File 1: The Multiscalar Nature of Soils -- File 2: History of Micromorphology -- File 3: Observation and Sampling of Soils -- File 4: How to Make Thin Sections -- File 5: The Polarized Light Microscope -- File 6: Other Techniques of Observation -- File 7: Electron and Energy Imaging -- File 8: Colours of Minerals -- File 9: The Micromorphological Approach -- 2 The Organization of Soil Fragments -- File 10: Concept of Fabric
File 11: Multiscalar Approach to Fabric -- File 12: Basic Distribution Patterns -- File 13: c/f Related Distributions I -- File 14: c/f Related Distributions II -- File 15: Aggregates and Aggregation -- File 16: Degree of Separation and Accommodation of Aggregates -- File 17: The Nature of Voids -- File 18: Morphology of Voids I -- File 19: The Morphology of Voids II -- File 20: Microstructure I -- File 21: Microstructure II -- 3 Basic Components -- File 22: Mineral and Organic Constituents -- File 23: Particle Size and Sorting -- File 24: Shape of Grains: Equidimensionality File 25: Shape of Grains: Roundness and Sphericity -- File 26: Basalt, Granite, and Gabbro -- File 27: Schist, Gneiss, and Amphibolite -- File 28: Quartzite and Marble -- File 29: Calcium-Bearing Sedimentary Rocks -- File 30: Sand and Sandstone -- File 31: Mineral Grains in the Soil I: Quartz and Chalcedony -- File 32: Mineral Grains in the Soil II: Feldspar and Mica -- File 33: Mineral Grains in the Soil III: Inosilicates and Nesosilicates -- File 34: Mineral Grains in the Soil IV: Carbonates -- File 35: Mineral Grains in the Soil V: Chlorides and Sulphates -- File 36: Biominerals I File 37: Biominerals II -- File 38: Biominerals III -- File 39: Anthropogenic Features I -- File 40: Anthropogenic Features II -- File 41: Organic Matter I -- File 42: Organic Matter II -- File 43: Humus -- File 44: Micromass -- File 45: B-Fabric I -- File 46: B-Fabric II -- 4 Pedogenic Features -- File 47: Imprints of Pedogenesis -- File 48: Iron- and Manganese-Bearing Nodules -- File 49: Carbonate Nodules -- File 50: Polygenetic Nodules -- File 51: Nodules: Morphology and Border Shape -- File 52: Nodules: Orthic, Anorthic, and Disorthic -- File 53: Crystals and Crystal Intergrowths File 54: Impregnations -- File 55: Depletions -- File 56: Coatings with Clays I -- File 57: Coatings with Clays II -- File 58: Micropans, Coarse Coatings, Cappings, and Crusts -- File 59: Hypocoatings and Quasicoatings: Amorphous -- File 60: Coatings and Hypocoatings: Crystalline -- File 61: Mineral Infillings -- File 62: Mineral Infillings of Biological Origin -- File 63: Pedoturbations -- File 64: Faecal Pellets -- File 65: Dung and Vertebrate Excrements -- File 66: Composite Pedogenic Features -- File 67: Uncommon Features -- 5 Pedofeatures Associated to Soil Processes File 68: Pedofeatures and Soil Processes |
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Verrecchia Eric P
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Visual Methodology in Migration Studies [[electronic resource] ] : New Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and Ethical Questions
| Visual Methodology in Migration Studies [[electronic resource] ] : New Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and Ethical Questions |
| Autore | Nikielska-Sekula Karolina |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DesilleAmandine |
| Collana | IMISCOE Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Migration, immigration & emigration
Film, TV & radio |
| Soggetto non controllato |
The use of visual methods
Migration studies Methodological studies Population mobility Visual sociology Visual anthropology Visual ethnography Film-making The media Immigrant minorities Visual methods Local immigration politics Audiovisual accounts Participatory method and co-creation Audio-visualised migration era People on the move |
| ISBN | 3-030-67608-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910491852303321 |
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Nikielska-Sekula Karolina
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Visual Prosthesis : A Concise Guide
| Visual Prosthesis : A Concise Guide |
| Autore | Weiss Jeffrey N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (125 pages) |
| ISBN |
9783031066207
9783031066191 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910590086403321 |
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Weiss Jeffrey N
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Visual Securitization : Humanitarian Representations and Migration Governance
| Visual Securitization : Humanitarian Representations and Migration Governance |
| Autore | Massari Alice |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 pages) |
| Collana | IMISCOE Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Migration, immigration & emigration
Public administration Combinatorics & graph theory Political structure & processes |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Migration
Public Policy Visualization Governance and Government Human Migration Migration Policy Data and Information Visualization Visual securitization Migration governance Humanitarian photography Humanitarian representation of Syrian displacement Transnational humanitarian NGOs Humanitarianism and politics Humanitarian communication NGOs visual communication Visuality of Syrian displacement Securitization of the refugee issue Humanitarian NGOs and global governance Visual social semiotics Visual analysis Threatening images Syrian people on the move’ invisibility Visual glimmers Open access Migration, immigration & emigration Public administration Combinatorics & graph theory Political structure & processes |
| ISBN | 3-030-71143-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Massari Alice
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Visualization Psychology
| Visualization Psychology |
| Autore | Albers Szafir Danielle |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (403 pages) |
| Disciplina | 153.32 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BorgoRita
ChenMin EdwardsDarren J FisherBrian PadillaLace |
| ISBN | 3-031-34738-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910760254403321 |
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Volunteer Involvement in UK Universities : Inclusion, Excellence, Impact
| Volunteer Involvement in UK Universities : Inclusion, Excellence, Impact |
| Autore | Grotz Jurgen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 pages) |
| Collana | Rethinking University-Community Policy Connections Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-45058-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Volunteer Involvement in UK Universities -- About the Book Series and About the Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Volunteer Involvement -- 1.1 What Is Volunteer Involvement? -- 1.1.1 What Is a Volunteer? -- 1.1.2 What Is Involvement? -- 1.2 Where Does Volunteer Involvement Take Place, What Forms Are There and Who Promotes It? -- 1.2.1 Regular Volunteer Involvement -- 1.2.2 One-Off Volunteer Involvement: Episodic -- 1.2.3 Online Volunteer Involvement -- 1.2.4 Micro Volunteer Involvement -- 1.3 Who Organises Volunteer Involvement? -- 1.3.1 Volunteer Involving Organisations -- 1.3.2 Volunteer Involvement Infrastructure Organisations -- 1.3.3 Associations -- 1.3.4 What Might Be Expected of Volunteers -- 1.4 Who Becomes Involved as Volunteers? -- 1.5 Why Do People Become Involved as Volunteer? -- 1.5.1 Mutual Aid Motive -- 1.5.2 Philanthropic Motive -- 1.5.3 Leisure -- 1.5.4 Participation, Advocacy and Campaigning -- 1.6 On Not Conflating Volunteer Involvement with Activities of Voluntary Community Social Enterprise Paid Staff -- 1.7 A Spectrum of Constructing Volunteer Involvement -- 1.7.1 Transactional Volunteer Involvement -- 1.7.2 Participatory Volunteer Involvement -- 1.7.3 Transaction-Participation: A Spectrum -- 1.8 An International Perspective -- 1.9 An Inclusion Perspective -- 1.10 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Introduction to Volunteer Involvement in Universities -- 2.1 Student Volunteer Involvement -- 2.1.1 Student Societies -- 2.1.2 Student Volunteer Involvement in the University -- 2.1.3 Student Volunteer Involvement in the Community -- 2.1.4 Student Activism -- 2.1.5 Student International Volunteer Involvement -- 2.2 Staff Volunteer Involvement, Employer Supported Volunteering.
2.2.1 Staff Volunteer Involvement in Individual Worktime or as Time-Off in Lieu -- 2.2.2 Institutional Programmes -- 2.2.3 Team Activities -- 2.3 Alumni Volunteer Involvement -- 2.4 Community Volunteers in Universities -- 2.4.1 Experts by Experience -- 2.4.2 Patient and Public Involvement -- 2.4.3 Governance and Knowledge Exchange -- 2.4.4 Additional Activities -- 2.5 Collegiate Volunteer Involvement -- 2.5.1 Peer Review -- 2.5.2 Examining -- 2.5.3 Prioritisation, Funding and Selection -- 2.5.4 Exchange -- 2.6 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Volunteer Involvement in Universities in Practice -- 3.1 Connecting -- 3.1.1 Planning Volunteer Involvement -- 3.1.2 Creating Volunteer Involvement Opportunities -- 3.1.3 Finding Volunteer Involvement Opportunities and Matching Volunteers -- 3.1.4 Promotion of Volunteer Involvement -- 3.2 Collaborating -- 3.2.1 Communicating -- 3.2.2 Supporting -- 3.2.3 Valuing -- 3.2.4 Ending -- 3.2.5 Rights -- 3.3 Complementing -- 3.3.1 Counting the Cost -- 3.3.2 Monitoring -- 3.3.3 Evaluating -- 3.4 Thorny Issues and Problems -- 3.4.1 Are Research Participants Volunteers? -- 3.4.2 Job Substitution or Unpaid Work? -- 3.4.3 Placements and Internships -- 3.4.4 Can Volunteers Receive Money? -- 3.4.5 What About Payments for Patient and Public Involvement? -- 3.5 Dealing with Misconduct -- 3.5.1 Misconduct by Volunteers -- 3.5.2 Misconduct by Universities as Volunteer Involving Organisations -- 3.5.3 Misconduct as Transgression -- 3.6 Risks and Prevention of Negative Effects -- 3.6.1 Negative Effects on Volunteers -- 3.6.2 Negative Effects on Universities -- 3.6.3 Negative Effects on Communities -- 3.7 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Purposes of Volunteer Involvement in Universities -- 4.1 Who Benefits from Volunteer Involvement and How? -- 4.1.1 Making a Difference for Individual Students. Health and Well-Being -- Economic Benefits Including Employability -- Personal Development -- Improved Networks and Greater Civic Engagement -- 4.1.2 Making a Difference for Individual Staff -- 4.1.3 Making a Difference for Individual Alumnus -- 4.1.4 Making a Difference for Community Volunteers -- 4.1.5 Making a Difference for the University -- 4.1.6 Making a Difference for Communities -- 4.1.7 Making Difference for All and Each Other -- 4.2 What Can Be Counted Counts -- 4.3 In the Pursuit of Impact -- 4.4 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Strategic Volunteer Involvement in Universities -- 5.1 Missions and Visions -- 5.2 The Role of Volunteer Involvement in the Delivery of Core Functions -- 5.2.1 Volunteer Involvement in Teaching -- Volunteer Involvement as Part of the Curriculum -- Extracurricular Volunteer Involvement -- 5.2.2 Volunteer Involvement in Research -- Epistemology -- Methodology -- Ethics -- 5.3 The Role of Complementary Functions in the Delivery of Volunteer Involvement -- 5.3.1 People and Culture -- Careers Services -- Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) -- Governance -- Collegiate -- 5.3.2 Funding and Policy -- Research Funders -- Public Engagement -- Assessments -- Sustainability -- Corporate Responsibility -- 5.4 Volunteer Involvement in Democratic and Civic University Activities -- 5.4.1 The Role of Volunteer Involvement in Civic University Activities -- 5.4.2 The Role of Volunteer Involvement in Universities in Democratic Societies -- 5.5 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Summary and Conclusion -- 6.1 The Challenge of Complexity -- 6.2 The Value of Data -- 6.3 The Quandaries of Practice -- 6.4 The Esteem of Purpose -- 6.5 The Need for Strategy -- 6.6 A Window into the Institution -- 6.7 Rethinking University-Community Policy Connections -- References -- Glossary -- References -- Index. |
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Voluntourism and Language Learning/Teaching : Critical Perspectives
| Voluntourism and Language Learning/Teaching : Critical Perspectives |
| Autore | Schedel Larissa Semiramis |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.4791 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | JakubiakCori |
| Collana | Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-40813-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Praise for Voluntourism and Language Learning/Teaching -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introducing Language-Motivated Voluntourism -- Setting the Stage -- Volunteer Tourism: A Changing Field -- From Segmented Volunteer Tourism to Language-Motivated Voluntourism -- Language in Tourism -- Critical Perspectives -- Outline of the Book -- References -- Part I: Language-Motivated Voluntourism in Contexts of Leisure and Holiday Travel -- 2: Immersion as Language Ideology and Other Discourses in English-Language Voluntourism -- Introduction -- English as Development Within English-Language Voluntourism -- Beyond Good or Bad: Studies of Volunteer Tourism in Specific Sectors -- Methods -- Findings -- English for Modernist Development -- English for Entrepreneurial Subjectivity -- English for Addressing Inequality -- Native English Immersion as Pedagogy -- Discrepant Data -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Becoming "TEFL Certified": Professionalization, Certification, and Commodification in Teaching English as a Foreign Language Volunteer Tourism -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- "Doing Well" by (Purportedly) "Doing Good" -- TEFL Certification -- "Fast-Track" Teacher Certification -- Becoming "TEFL Certified" Within the Context of Volunteer Tourism -- Methodology -- Findings and Discussion -- Organization and Program Management Standards -- Mission Statement -- Program Length and Structure -- Administration -- Candidate Services -- Curriculum and Instructor Standards -- Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment -- Instructor -- Candidate Standards -- Language -- Culture -- Instruction and Assessment -- Professionalism -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Translating the Value of Global Languages: Learning/Teaching Spanish/English Within Volunteer Tourism in Cusco, Peru.
Negotiating Linguistic Practice -- Where Locals, Tourists, and Anthropologists Meet -- Evolving Tourism Industries: Cusco from 1980s to 2010s -- Working, Playing, and Learning with Tourists: Cusco's Child Vendors -- Methods: Accessing Foreigner and Local Points of View -- Teaching and Learning Fluctuations, Linguistic Dreaming, and English as Enrichment -- Coming and Going: Fluctuations in Volunteer Teacher and Child Learner -- English as the Language of Mobility: Linguistic Dreaming of Cusco's Child Vendors -- Linguistic Power Struggles: Classes Versus Practice as Forms of Language Enrichment -- Meaningful Work, Meaningful Learning -- Volunteers as Experience Consumers: Entitlement to Meaningful Work -- Child Vendors as Agentive Language Users: Desires for Meaningful Learning -- Connection Through and In Spite of Linguistic Barriers -- Multilingual Resources for Connection -- Linguistic Cosmopolitanisms in Action: Global Languages and Their Values -- References -- 5: The Off-Duty Expectations of International Volunteer Language Teachers: A Middling Transnational Perspective -- Introduction -- Middling Transnationals and Work-Leisure Configuration: An Emerging Practice of Combining Leisure, Labor, and Mobility -- Volunteer Tourism and Working Tourism -- Context of the Investigation: The Nikkei Volunteer Program -- Methods -- Analysis: Off-Duty Expectations as Part of Volunteers' Decisions-Choosing a Destination, Choosing a Language -- Keiko's Case: An "Unserious" Reason for Choosing Her Destination -- Yuko's Case: "Spanish, if Possible" to Search for "Something Additional" -- Tamaki's Case: The Value of Portuguese in Her Own Employment Context in Japan -- Discussion: Shedding Light on the Linguistic Aspect of Middling Transnationals' Subjectivities -- References -- Part II: Language-Motivated Voluntourism as Precarious Labor. 6: Dreaming of Entrepreneurship, Europe, English, and Freedom: Voluntourism as a Pure Survival Strategy -- Language Tourist or Illegalized Migrant? -- Voluntourism and Language Learning as Entrance to Labor Migration -- Methods -- Issam's Dreams -- Dreaming of Entrepreneurship, Europe, and English: Language Tourism in Malta -- Desire for Freedom and Emancipation: Escaping or Being Trapped as a Voluntourist in Europe -- Conclusion: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of (Inequalities in) Voluntourism -- References -- 7: Institutionalized Volunteerism in Language Tourism: Volunteer Internship Programs for South Korean Young Adults Studying English in Toronto -- Introduction -- Infrastructure of Language Tourism as Migration -- Global Experience in Neoliberal South Korean Society -- The Study -- The Intermediaries' Marketing of Internships as Volunteerism -- The Intermediaries' Institutionalization of Volunteer Internships -- The Students' Demystification of Volunteer Internships -- Discussion and Implications -- References -- 8: Voluntelling the Voluntoured: State-Prompted South Korean English Language and Labor Mobility in Australia -- Introduction -- South Koreans and Global Travel -- Methods -- Australia and Racialized Spatial Segregation -- The Australian Countryside -- Experiences of "Value Beyond Value" -- Paradoxical Inclusions -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: "Gaps," Workers with No Schedule: The Making of Casual Workers in Two Northern Irish Boarding Schools -- "The Job of a Boarding Is Not Just a Timetable" -- Young Traveling Language Assistants as "Gaps" -- Living with "Gaps": Ethnographic Explorations of Two Boarding Schools in NI -- The Changing Landscapes of Northern Irish Boarding Schools -- "Because They're Cheap Labor": An International Workforce. "Contribute Your Skills Wholeheartedly": Regulating the Days and Bodies of Language Assistants -- The Gapification of Workers and the Moralities of Compliance -- Regulating Time off: Shaping Imaginaries of Mobility Through Language Assistantship Contracts -- Gap Years, Voluntourists, or Language Workers and Learners? -- References -- 10: Afterword: The Wages of Global Experience, Post Unit Thinking, and Post Native Speaker Ideologies in Volunteer Tourism -- The Wages of Global Experience -- The Discourse of Globalization -- The Discourse of Immersion -- The Discourse of Volunteering as Receiving -- Effects on the Discourses of Globalization, Immersion, and Volunteering as Receiving -- Language Learning, Standardization, and Unit Thinking: Reinterpreting Ideologies of Native Speakers and Immersion -- The Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program and Neo-Immersion -- Comfortable Speakers (Formerly Known as Native Speakers) -- Rethinking English-Language Voluntourism and Immersion -- Wordplay -- References -- Index. |
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Schedel Larissa Semiramis
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Vulnerability and the Corporate Immune System : An Integrated and Systemic Approach to Risk Management
| Vulnerability and the Corporate Immune System : An Integrated and Systemic Approach to Risk Management |
| Autore | Capocchi Alessandro |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) |
| Disciplina | 658.155 |
| ISBN | 3-031-30254-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Backstory -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Risk Management and Vulnerability -- 1 From Risk to Vulnerability -- From the Risk Dimension to the Dimension of Vulnerability -- From Economic Vulnerability to Corporate Vulnerability -- The Four Types of Vulnerability -- The Growing Vulnerability of Companies in Contemporary Economic Systems -- Objective and Subjective Management -- The Impact of Vulnerability on Corporate Decision-Making and Strategic Processes -- References -- 2 The Ant and the Grasshopper-A Business Story -- The Story -- Not All Days Are Sunny -- Enjoy the Sunshine With Me! -- These Pretty Days Are Not So Many, Grasshopper. Soon, the Cold Will Come. We Must Be Ready -- "Come, Friend," It Called. "There Is Room Here, and There Is Food. I've Saved Enough for Many Seasons. Come in and Eat" -- The Teachings of the Fable -- References -- 3 Everything Is Economics -- It Depends-On the Correct Answer to Economic and Business-Economic Questions -- Opportunity Cost -- Marginal Benefit and Cost -- Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Differential Analysis -- Break-Even Analysis -- Rationality Versus Irrationality -- References -- 4 Assessing the Vulnerability of a Business: The State of Its Health -- Vulnerability and the Immune System -- Assessing the State of Health of the Company -- The Asset Composition -- How to Read the Balance Sheet to Assess the State of Health of the Company -- The Asset Correlation -- The State of Health of Two Companies: GAMMA and DELTA -- Is It Possible to Reduce the Vulnerability of Company DELTA, and If So, How? -- The Economic Performance -- References -- Part II Corporate Immune System -- 5 The Immune System -- Going Concern Principle -- The Immune System: The Level of Capitalization.
The Immune System: Provisions for Risks and Charges -- Strengthening of the Immune System -- Immune System and Corporate Profitability -- The Meaning of Price -- The Life Cycle of a Company: Accounting Period -- References -- 6 The Immune System and Corporate Vulnerability -- The Role of the Immune System in Risk Management -- Corporate Vulnerability and Crisis -- The Case of Blockbuster -- Monitoring of the Corporate Immune System -- Why Are Health and Immune System Monitoring Performed with Only Two Indicators? -- The Corporate Vulnerability of Italian Companies: A Practical Case -- Summary Considerations -- References -- 7 Operational Risk and Immune System -- To Be Profitable -- The Production Capacity -- Technical Efficiency and Economic Efficiency -- The "Kreislauf" -- The Risk of Being Inefficient -- The Double Cost of Technical Inefficiency -- The Economic Impact of Technical Inefficiency on the Immune System -- The Warehouse Is a Tool to Mitigate the Risk of Technical Inefficiency -- Overbooking as a Tool to Mitigate the Negative Economic Impact of Technical Inefficiency -- References -- Part III Integration, Classification and Risk Management Activities -- 8 The Internal Control Risk Management System (ICRMS) -- Risk Perception -- Risk, Uncertainty, and Ambiguity -- From Expected Utility to New Models with Descriptive Approaches -- Risk Aversion -- Loss Aversion -- The Willingness to Risk -- The Internal Control and Risk Management System-ICRMS -- References -- 9 The Classification of Risks and the Activities that Make up Risk Management -- The Classification of Corporate Risks -- Business and Financial Risks -- Expansion of Production Capacity -- Different Approaches to Risk Management -- The Activities that Makeup Risk Management -- Risk Estimation. The Collection of Interviews with Managers, Experts, Consultants, Professionals, and Stakeholders -- Identification of Risks and Risk Drivers -- Value at Risk (VaR) -- Summary Considerations -- References -- Part IV Practical Experiences -- 10 Case Studies: Pirelli-NatWest-Eni-Ocado-Ryanair -- Pirelli -- Brief Description of the Company -- The Risk Management Structure -- Risks Identification -- Discussion and Analysis -- Questions -- NatWest -- Brief Description of the Company -- Risk Management Structure -- Risk Identification -- Discussion and Analysis -- Questions -- ENI Group -- Brief Description of the Company -- Risk Management Structure -- Risk Identification -- Discussion and Analysis -- Questions -- Ocado -- Brief Description of the Company -- Risk Management Structure -- Risk Identification -- Discussion and Analysis -- Questions -- Ryanair Group plc -- Brief Description of the Company -- Risk Management Structure -- Risk Identification -- Discussion and Analysis -- Questions -- References -- Part V Conclusion -- 11 "Rational Globalization" and the Search for an Alternative Way Out -- Reference -- Index. |
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